The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office Missing Persons Unit is dedicated to reuniting missing people with their families, and investigators plan to highlight one of their 34 unsolved cases in the media periodically.

"Currently, we have 34 cold unsolved missing person’s cases. The Sheriff’s Office is requesting assistance from anyone with information as to the whereabouts of each of these missing persons cases profiled," Kent said.

Herum's case was the first highlighted in the sheriff's new public awareness plan.